Everton 3-1 Swansea: Gylfi Sigurdsson’s Superb strike sees Swansea stay bottom

Everton 3-1 Swansea: Gylfi Sigurdsson’s Superb strike sees Swansea stay bottom

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a superb strike against his former side as Everton beat Swansea 3-1 on Monday, with the result leaving the visitors of the Premier League table.

The Swans opened the scoring at Goodison Park when Leroy Fer (34) tapped home at the back post but Everton levelled things up in the 46th minute with Dominic Calvert-Lewin lashing home the rebound from a saved Wayne Rooney penalty.

Sigurdsson – who made a £45m from Swansea in the summer – produced a moment of magic to put the hosts ahead in the 64th minute with a fine curling effort, before Rooney (74) scored with Everton’s second penalty of the game.

The result leaves Swansea in 20th place and four points from safety, meaning they will spend Christmas in the drop zone, while Everton move up one place into ninth with 25 points.